England v South Africa First Test Betting
CRICKET BETTING – BET ON THE FIRST TEST – ENGLAND V SOUTH AFRICA – 10th JULY
The England side embarks on its latest Test Match test, against South Africa, at Lord’s, on 10th July. This is a four Test series, for which South Africa are marginal favourites at 11/10 with VCBet, England at 13/8 with William Hill and a drawn series at 7/2 with Paddy Power. For the opening Lord’s clash, South Africa are a best-priced 9/5 with totesport, with England at 11/4 (bet365) and the draw at 6/4 (Stan James).
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England has kept faith in the same squad of 12 players who took them to a 2-0 series victory against New Zealand. If (as seems likely) the same starting 11 is named on the…
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Cricket Betting – Bet on England v New Zealand One Day Internationals
CRICKET – ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND – ONE DAY SERIES
The One Day International (ODI) series between England and New Zealand consists of five matches, played on June 15th at the Riverside Ground, Durham, June18th at Edgbaston, Birmingham, June 21st at the County Ground, Hove, June 25th at The Oval and June 28th at Lord’s.
England are a best-priced 4/6 to win the series, with Paddy Power, SkyBet and Stan James, with New Zealand 11/8 with 888sport and Blue Square.
NEWS, KEY PLAYERS
England coach Peter Moores expects New Zealand to provide far tougher opposition in the upcoming ODI series than in a one-sided Test campaign. England cruised to a 2-0 Test series victory with an innings and nine run win, achieved with more than…
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Twenty20 Cup Betting – Bet on the Twenty20 Cricket Cup
CRICKET – TWENTY20 CUP – 11th June
The eighteen competing counties are split into three “divisions” of six teams, based on location. For the 2008 season, each county will play 10 games, playing each team in its group once at home and once away. Teams receive two points for a win, and one for a tie or a “no result”, if the game can’t be completed. This stage takes around three weeks to complete, with teams playing several ties each week. The top two from each division, along with the two best third-place finishers qualify with for the quarter-finals, with the group winners and best second-placed team having home ties. The winners of the quarter-finals go through to “Finals Day”, a bumper day of Twenty20 when the semi-finals and…
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Friends Provident Trophy Quarter finals Betting preview
FRIENDS PROVIDENT TROPHY QUARTER FINALS – 4TH JUNE 2008
DURHAM v NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
8/11 Durham (Ladbrokes), 13/10 Nottinghamshire (Boylesports), Draw No Bet
Defending champions Durham have been drawn against Nottinghamshire in the quarter-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy. Nottinghamshire were the last team to clinch a place in the last eight, despite losing to Leicestershire by 13 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method. With victory at Oakham School, Leicestershire made sure of top spot in the Midlands Division and will now have a home game against Essex. Durham could well have missed out on a home tie had Yorkshire’s game with Lancashire at Headingley Carnegie not been abandoned.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE v YORKSHIRE
Evs Gloucestershire (Boylesports), Evs Yorkshire (Ladbrokes), Draw No Bet
Gloucestershire captain Jon Lewis…
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Cricket Betting: England v New Zealand (Third Test)
THIRD TEST – ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND – June 5th – TRENT BRIDGE
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John Bracewell, the New Zealand coach, has confirmed the side will retain the same batting line-up for the third and final Test at Trent Bridge starting on June 5, despite their six-wicket defeat at Old Trafford. New Zealand’s inexperienced batting was exposed after they capitulated for 114 in the second innings, squandering an imposing first-innings lead of 179. Bracewell said the top three in the order, Jamie How, Aaron Redmond and James Marshall, would be retained and was he willing to give Marshall more time to settle into his No. 3 position after scores of 0 and 28. New Zealand are still waiting on the fitness of batsman Daniel Flynn, who’s yet to…
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Cricket: England v New Zealand Second Test Betting
CRICKET – Second Npower Test – England v New Zealand – Old Trafford – MAY 23rd
KEY PLAYERS / NEWS
England coach, Peter Moores, has reassured Steve Harmison that he has not been forgotten, despite overlooking him for the second npower Test against New Zealand. The 29-year-old Durham fast bowler may have thought he was in the running for a recall as a replacement for rival Matthew Hoggard, who suffered a broken left thumb after being accidentally hit by Harmison batting for Yorkshire last week. Despite an impressive record at Old Trafford (the last five-wicket haul of his 56-Test career was at the ground in a match total of 11 wickets, against Pakistan, two years ago), England instead called up Hampshire’s Chris Tremlett.
Moores also underlined the…
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Rose Bowl: England Lions v New Zealand Cricket Betting
Thursday 8th May sees New Zealand’s last “warm-up” match as they prepare for the Test series rematch against England, a four-day tie against England Lions at Hampshire’s Rose Bowl.
We take a look at the key players and betting opportunities
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England v New Zealand Second Test betting preview
CRICKET – May 27-31 – Old Trafford – Second npower Test – England v. New Zealand
HISTORY
New Zealand’s First Test Win in England (Nearly!)
At Trent Bridge in 1973, the New Zealand first innings total of less than 100 (97) was viewed as unremarkable. The visitors had not won against England in over 40 years and everything appeared to be going to plan. Batting fourth, needing 479 for a remarkable win, New Zealand were 16 for 2, and lost another 2 wickets for a further 100, bringing captain Bev Congdon to the crease. Both he and Vic Pollard made centuries, 176 and 116 respectively. New Zealand was eventually bowled out for 440, some 39 runs short. John Arlott wrote in the Guardian, “Never before in Test cricket have one of the lesser powers forced their way up from humiliation to come so close to beating a major country.” Nonetheless, New Zealand still had to wait another ten years for their first win in England.
First Series Win in England
An eight-wicket victory in the second test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, in August 1986 gave New Zealand a 1–0 series win, their first on English soil. Richard Hadlee, who played county cricket for Nottinghamshire was effectively at his second home. His familiarity with the surroundings certainly showed, with him returning match figures of 10 wickets for 140 runs, and scoring 68 (he only batted once).…
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